Joint for pitchforks and the like.



G. W. COX.

JOINT FOR PITGHFOEKS AND THE LIKE.

' APPLICATION FILED DEU.15,1913.

1,120,449.. Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE W. COX, OF.

EDISON, NEBRASKA.

JOINT TOR II'ICH 'DRKS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed December 15. 1913. Serial No. 806,679.

To all Ir/mm it may (mu-m.

Be it known that I, Geonoa W. COX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edison, in Furnas county, in the State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and awful Improvements in Joints for Pitchforks and the like, and have described the same in the following specification, illustrated by the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of rigid joints which are formed by means of ferrules and are commonly used for unitingthe separately formed head and handle of individual agricultural tools. such as pit'chforks, hand rakes, cob scoops, potato forks, and the .like.

It 'is the object of the invention to render oints of tlus class strong, durable and easy of repair, in a greater degree than are those .hcretofore constructed; and in general to increase theefiiciency of such joints. To accomplish this result I incorporate in my improved joint an annukar metallic plug, which l s-s'eated in the ferru e of the handle, and is securedto the head of the tool by a bolt.

In said drawings, illustrating the best manner in which I have contemplated applying the principles of the invention, Fig- .ure 1 is a front elevation of a itchfork lar socket 3, co-axial with the central bolthole 4 in that head. The handle 2 is externally fitted into one end of the heavy sheet-metal ferrule 5, is secured thereto by the bolts 6, and has within the ferrule a central terminal pin-hole 7. In the small end of this ferrule is placed the close-fitting, a n nular, .taperin steel plug 8. For convenience in assem ling the parts, this plug has a terminal notch 9, to be occupied by the lip,

first dropped intothe ferrule, the finger 10 i 7 being placed in the notch 9; then the bolt 11 is dropped into the plug, and into the bolt-hole l, where it is stopped by its head 13 in' the position shown; then the Washer 11: and the nut 16 are placed upon the bolt 11; then, by turning this nut, the 'head 1, the plug 8. and the ferrule 5' are clamped rigidly and firmly together in the position shown; then the handle is forced endwise into abutting contact with the bolthead 13, within the ferrule, whereby the pin 12 is driven into the hole 7; and then the ferrule is firmly secured to the handle by the bolts 6.

A small quantity of solder is applied to the exposed portion of the bolt 11 as a lock 15 to the nut 16.

So constructed, the joint is strong, durable and easy of repair, as above proposed.

I claim as my invention-- 1.- A joint of the specified class, comprising a metallic head having a bolt-hole and an integrally formed socket, a wooden hair-- 'dle having a terminal axial piniole, a ferrule secured to the handle and fitted into the socket, a taperingannular plug seated in the ferrule, a bolt inserted through the pl and through the bolt-hole, a nut for the bolt, and a pin extending from the head of the bolt into the pinhole;

2. A joint of the specified class, comprising a metallic head having a bolt-hole and an integrally formed socket, a handle ha"- ing a terminal pin-hole, a. ferrule secured to the handle and fitted'into the socket, a plug seated in the ferrule, a bolt extending through the plug and the bolt-hole, a nut for the bolt, and a pin extending from the head of the bolt into the pin-hole.

A joint of the specified class, comprising a head. having a tapering socket, a bandlc having a terminal axial hole, a tapering Ierrule secured to the handle and occupying name 11 the socket, a tapering annular plug within 6 8 5- the ferrule and partly Within the socket, and GEORGE V COX abolt engaging both the plug andvthe head i .5 and having an axial pin extending into the \Vitnesses;

hole in the handle. \VILLARD EDDY,

In testimony whereof I subscribe my A. M. POWER.

el'eto in the presence of two Wit- Copies of this patent inay be ubtained for five cents each, by addressin g the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0." 

